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yet.
    She screamed and ran into the kitchen. I
followed and knocked every last thing off of the counter, then I
opened every single cupboard and threw everything onto the floor.
She was sitting in the corner rocking when I decided to appear.
    “Hey Mom ,” my voice sounded evil, just
as I intended.
    “Scarlett?” she said, shocked.
    “What? Did you expect me to be dead
somewhere? I almost was, thanks to you.”
    “Don’t talk to me like that, I’m your
mother!” She screamed.
    “No you’re not,” the calmness of my voice was
driving her mad, I could tell.
    “What do you want from me?” she yelled.
    “Oh, just everything you’ve taken,” I stopped
and tapped my foot. “But wait, you can’t give that back can you?
No. So I guess I need you to pay me back, but what price could you
put on everything you’ve put me through?”
    “I’m not giving you a thing,” she
screamed.
    “I already have all of your money, but I
still don’t feel like that’s enough.”
    She looked under the table and went to get up
and retrieve it. Before she could, I kicked her in the face, and
she fell back. She looked up at me helpless, with blood dripping
from her nose.
    “Please,” she said in a sweet voice.
    I clapped. “You really are a great actress,
but I’m not falling for it this time.” She reached her hand out to
me. “What so you can make me forget? Get your money back and sell
me all over again?”
    “You’re confused honey—”
    “I saw everything; I know what you did, for
the most part. Did you steal me from my real mother? Is that how
all of this worked?”
    I noticed she was wearing a necklace. It was
a large heart pendant that was brown. I didn’t know why, but I had
an odd feeling about it. I moved closer and ripped it off her
neck.
    The pendant started to glow. I put it in my
pocket. “Don’t worry I have others,” she cackled.
    “Dirt,” I whispered. “How did you get
that?”
    “Like I said, you’re confused help me up
and—“
    “Okay I’ve had enough of this. I came here
for revenge, and this nice little chat just isn’t cutting it.” I
felt the insanity coursing through me. I looked over at the knives
and grabbed one. “Hmm I don’t know… I’m only going to get one shot
at this. Should I follow in your footsteps and opt for a shovel as
a murder weapon?”
    “Please just stop,” she begged.
    “You know what? You’re right. I didn’t only
come here for revenge. I came here for answers. Maybe if you answer
me, I’ll let you live.”
    “Ask me anything,” she blurted.
    “Why?”
    “Why what?”
    “You know what, now tell me,” I screamed.
    “Grace was after you, too, I was protecting
you,” her voice was so sincere, but I knew it was a lie, or at
least half a lie.
    “No, you were keeping me for yourself. For
some reason, everyone wants my powers—“
    “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” she
spat.
    Someone busted through the front door.
    “Help,” she screamed. Joe ran in and pushed
me up against the wall by my throat.
    “Dante—” I choked.
    There was no way he could have heard me, and
even if he did, Joe was a big guy; it would take a lot to take him
down. Then I heard Dante running down the stairs. He hit Joe so
hard on the head, that almost instantly when he fell to the ground,
there was a pool of blood. Before I could say anything, he hit Ann
as well.
    “Are you alright?” Dante questioned.
    “They’re dead…” I gasped, “…oh my god.”
    “Let’s get some fresh air, then we’ll come
back in and grab the duffel bag and anything else you want,” he
said in a soft voice as he put his arm around me.
    “Okay,” I whispered as he led me out the back
door.
    When we got to the grass, I felt my legs
collapse out from under me. She couldn’t hurt me anymore, there was
no doubt that she would have, but we just added another two to our
body count.
    I could see the moon through the branches,
the stars all shined down on us. It was a